WEIGHT-LOSS FOLLOWING TRANSECTED GASTRIC BYPASS WITH PROXIMAL ROUX-EN-Y

Background: Cross-sectional analysis was performed to study the trend in weight lass following surgery. Methods: Among 194 patients involved in the study during the period 1990-1995, 86.6% were female and 87.1% were white. Median Values for the initial cohort of 194 patients were as follows: age 32.5 years; height 163,8cm; preoperative weight 122.8 1 kg. Of these patients 67%, 30%, and 3% of the patients were categori zed as morbidly obese, super obese, and obese respectively. They ail u nderwent gastric bypass surgery. Results: Follow-up rates were 67.9% a t 1 year, 55.8% at 2 years, 62.8% al 3 years, and 70.0% at 4 years pos toperation. Median BMI was reduced from 45.18 to 28.40, and median per centage loss of excess weight was 68.5% after 1 year, After 2, 3, and 4 years, median BMI values were 27.69, 28.63, and 29.40, and median pe rcentages of excess weight loss were 71.18%, 69.28%, and 57.49%, respe ctively. Although the analysis at 4 years indicates that some patients experience slight weight gain, the increase was neat significant and further analysis will be performed when more data points are available . Conclusion: postoperative weight loss has been satisfactory.